S7E25 Yesenia Avellaneda | Engineering, Medicine, and Manufacturing Leadership

About this episode

Yesenia Avellaneda discusses her career at the intersection of engineering, medicine, and manufacturing leadership.

Send us Fan Mail Yesenia Avellaneda is an engineering leader whose career sits at the intersection of innovation, operations, and impact. Currently a Senior Project Engineer within Global Operations at Abbott, she has built a reputation for turning complex ideas into scalable, high-performing manufacturing systems. From leading New Product Introduction (NPI) efforts to executing international production transfers and launching entirely new facilities, Yesenia thrives where strategy meets exec...

People in this episode

Host: Aaron Moncur

Guest: Yesenia Avellaneda

Topics covered

• engineering
• medicine
• manufacturing
• leadership
• innovation
• operations

Keywords

• engineering leadership
• manufacturing systems
• New Product Introduction
• operations
• innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Abbott

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